This amendment expands restoration of rights eligibility to include persons convicted of nonviolent felonies in other states or under federal law, clarifies definitions of violent and nonviolent felonies, and adjusts section numbering.
- Removes reference to repealing an obsolete provision from the bill's purpose statement. (Page 1, line 9)
- Expands the scope of subsection (c) to include both subsection (i) and (ii) provisions for voting rights restoration. (Page 1, line 15)
- Clarifies that nonviolent felonies referenced in voting rights restoration must be under Wyoming law. (Page 3, line 23)
- Adds new provision allowing the department of corrections to issue certificates of restoration of voting rights to persons convicted outside Wyoming or under federal law of nonviolent felonies upon written request and completion of sentence. (Page 4, after line 10)
- Revises the definition of violent and nonviolent felonies to clarify that violent felonies include offenses committed in another jurisdiction that would constitute a violent felony under Wyoming law, and nonviolent felonies are all felony offenses not otherwise defined as violent. (Page 5, lines 9-14)
- Deletes provisions that previously limited eligibility for rights restoration. (Page 7, lines 18-23)
- Rewrites eligibility requirements to specify that subsection (a) applies to felonies under Wyoming or other state law, subsection (f) applies only to Wyoming nonviolent felonies for firearm restoration, and subsections (b) and (c) apply to nonviolent felonies under Wyoming or other state law. (Page 8, lines 1-3)
- Removes an obsolete line and renumbers remaining sections accordingly. (Page 8, line 13)
- Changes section number from Section 3 to Section 2 due to repeal of former Section 2. (Page 8, line 15)
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